Ugh. And yeah, people are gonna seriously question that thing.

Meh. I'm an Occam's Razor kind of guy. Chances are it was just some sort of bird flying by. Keep in mind that this camera was probably a LONG way back, so it's possible that object wasn't even close to the rocket.

The highly likely explanation is just plain old vehicle failure. It sucks, but it is what it is.

What ever it is felt the heat...

This might have been mentioned already, but they erected Falcon 9 in front of their hq. Its tall af, I'll take a pic and post it.

Welp...

Was SpaceX rocket hit by a drone? Shock claims Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 was 'attacked'



http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/late...con-9-attacked

Tabloid bullshit.

Agree, but it sure looks like it wasn't a bird.

LMAO

Interesting commentary...

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ROFL


Check out the guys credentials.

This is serious. Lol

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Holy Jesus

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Still working on the Falcon fireball investigation. Turning out to be the most difficult and complex failure we have ever had in 14 years.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/774150065166229504">September 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Important to note that this happened during a routine filling operation. Engines were not on and there was no apparent heat source.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/774150289314029568">September 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Particularly trying to understand the quieter bang sound a few seconds before the fireball goes off. May come from rocket or something else.</p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/774153847371501569">September 9, 2016</a></blockquote>
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